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AB-322 • 2026

Precise geolocation information.

Precise geolocation information.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ward
Last action
2025-08-29
Official status
In committee: Held under submission.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on how schools will be encouraged to participate in health programs or details on enforcement mechanisms.

Rules for Collecting Precise Location Data

This law sets rules for businesses collecting precise location data from consumers.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires businesses to show a clear notice when they collect precise geolocation information.
  • Businesses must explain why they are collecting the location data and how it will be used.
  • Limits how long businesses can keep collected location data, either until needed for services or up to one year after last interaction.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Businesses collecting precise geolocation information from consumers

Terms To Know

Precise Geolocation Information
Information that shows the exact location of a person or device.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if businesses do not follow the rules.
  • There are no details on enforcement mechanisms for the new requirements.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  3. 2025-07-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  5. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  6. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    Withdrawn from committee.

  7. 2025-06-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. 2025-06-19 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  9. 2025-06-11 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. 2025-05-07 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  11. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 1175.)

  13. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9).

  15. 2025-03-13 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  17. 2025-01-27 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  18. 2025-01-25 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.

  19. 2025-01-24 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 322, as amended, Ward.
Pupil health: school-based health services and school-based mental health services.
Precise geolocation information.
Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, including the right to direct a business that collects sensitive personal information about the consumer to limit its use, as prescribed. Existing law defines “sensitive personal information” to mean, among other things, personal information that reveals a consumer’s precise geolocation. Existing law, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, amended, added to, and reenacted the CCPA.
This bill would require a business that collects precise geolocation information to
prominently display, when information is being collected, a notice to the consumer whose information is being collected that states certain information related to the collection of the information and its use by the business, including the goods or services requested by the consumer for which the business is collecting, processing, or disclosing the geolocation information and a description of how the business will process the geolocation information to carry out those purposes.
This bill would prohibit a business that collects precise geolocation information from, among other things, retaining the information longer than necessary to provide the goods or services requested by the consumer or longer than one year after the consumer’s last intentional interaction with the business, whichever is earlier.
This bill would declare that its provisions further the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of
2020.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Education in state government, and vests the department with specified powers and duties relating to the state’s public school system, including encouraging and assisting school districts to improve and monitor the health of their pupils. Existing law requires the department, as part of that assistance, to provide information and guidance to schools that request the information and guidance to establish “Health Days” to provide screenings for common health problems among pupils.
This bill would require the department to include county offices of education and charter schools in the above-described provisions. The bill would require the department to encourage school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to participate in programs that offer reimbursement for school-based health
services and school-based mental health services, as provided.

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